Its function as a training and future R&D facility is ostensibly altruistic; more preservation than world domination, more pro-nature than pro-nuclear. And while not suited in the Swiss Alps, it is by and large secluded, operating in a discreet corner of Negeri Sembilan that is home to Malaysia’s first, and world’s largest, intergrade waste management centre.
The EPIC building, has been certified as a Platinum Green Building Index (GBI rating) with Solar Power on the roof and its construction is based on a bio-climatic design with green features such as rain harvesting solar and the use of recycled materials. This building is the 17th Platinum GBI in the country and the first in Negeri Sembilan.